Norman Mailer vs Rip Torn
as posted on youtube:
"In the summer of 1968, the elegant resort town of East Hampton, NY witnessed a bizarre invasion of the celebrities and unknowns, professional actors and amateurs, assembled by Norman Mailer to make a movie in which he would be both director and star.
Mailer, who had already made two unconventional experimental films, was determined to give his revolutionary philosophy of cinema its first full-scale test. His object was to rescue the screen from conformist make-believe, to dissolve the line between fiction and actuality, to set the stage for an explosion of human passions. What resulted was MAIDSTONE.
Mailer played a character named Norman T. Kingsley, a filmmaker who is contemplating a run for president. His half brother in the film is played by Rip Torn. Allegedly, Torn took his part too seriously and attacked Mailer with a small hammer, and Mailer retaliated by nearly biting off Torn's ear. This clip shows the actual fight."
Click to view"In the summer of 1968, the elegant resort town of East Hampton, NY witnessed a bizarre invasion of the celebrities and unknowns, professional actors and amateurs, assembled by Norman Mailer to make a movie in which he would be both director and star.
Mailer, who had already made two unconventional experimental films, was determined to give his revolutionary philosophy of cinema its first full-scale test. His object was to rescue the screen from conformist make-believe, to dissolve the line between fiction and actuality, to set the stage for an explosion of human passions. What resulted was MAIDSTONE.
Mailer played a character named Norman T. Kingsley, a filmmaker who is contemplating a run for president. His half brother in the film is played by Rip Torn. Allegedly, Torn took his part too seriously and attacked Mailer with a small hammer, and Mailer retaliated by nearly biting off Torn's ear. This clip shows the actual fight."